Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2024
Joe Toomey of Cyber Insurer Coalition Details Rise in Attacks Targeting Weak MFA Adversaries seeking easy access to enterprise networks continue to probe for weak multifactor authentication deployments, oftentimes via nontargeted attacks that lead to phishing pages designed to steal one-time codes, said Joe Toomey, head of security engineering at cyber insurer Coalition.
Weissman's World
APRIL 22, 2024
Hey information governance and records professionals! You are core to AI success in your organization. All you have to do is keep doing you. The post Want to Succeed with AI? Just Keep Doing You appeared first on Holly Group.
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AIIM
APRIL 22, 2024
April 22nd marks the annual Earth Day, where earthday.org, jointly with many organizations, mobilize volunteers to drive education and elevate awareness, highlight governance efforts and conduct cleanup efforts.
Security Affairs
APRIL 22, 2024
A financially motivated group named GhostR claims the theft of a sensitive database from World-Check and threatens to publish it. World-Check is a global database utilized by various organizations, including financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies, for assessing potential risks associated with individuals and entities.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 17, 2024
Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin’s Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn’t dare to.
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Schneier on Security
APRIL 22, 2024
Interesting social-engineering attack vector : McAfee released a report on a new LUA malware loader distributed through what appeared to be a legitimate Microsoft GitHub repository for the “C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS,” known as vcpkg. The attacker is exploiting a property of GitHub: comments to a particular repo can contain files, and those files will be associated with the project in the URL.
KnowBe4
APRIL 23, 2024
KnowBe4 is committed to sustainability and helping protect the environment, as evidenced by our initiatives such as our public commitment to sustainability , our planting trees and supporting local bee hives, and even our CEO Stu Sjouwerman’s donation of $2.5M to the Florida Wildlife Corridor.
Security Affairs
APRIL 22, 2024
Researcher demonstrated how to exploit vulnerabilities in the Windows DOS-to-NT path conversion process to achieve rootkit-like capabilities. SafeBreach researcher Or Yair devised a technique, exploiting vulnerabilities in the DOS-to-NT path conversion process, to achieve rootkit-like capabilities on Windows. When a user executes a function with a path argument in Windows, the DOS path of the file or folder is converted to an NT path.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 22, 2024
The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2024
Attorney Rachel Rose on Navigating the Intensifying Scrutiny of Federal Regulators The federal government is cracking down on healthcare fraud in all forms including kickbacks, lapses in cybersecurity and privacy, lack of fairness in Medicare Advantage policies, and inflated pharmacy claims. Regulatory attorney Rachel Rose outlines seven key tips for meeting compliance mandates.
OpenText Information Management
APRIL 19, 2024
Greetings from Mav, trusted partner for your AI journey. This AI-generated moose has been on the hunt for threats and keeping security top of mind. Every technology has dual usage and Mav is here to keep us all informed. You: How has AI evolved the landscape of security? MAV: Unfortunately, the amount and frequency of fake information has skyrocketed.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 18, 2024
After the XZ Utils discovery, people have been examining other open-source projects. Surprising no one, the incident is not unique: The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of emails with similar messages, bearing different names and overlapping GitHub-associated emails. These emails implored OpenJS to take action to update one of its popular JavaScript projects to “address any critical vulnerabilities,” yet cited no specifics.
Security Affairs
APRIL 17, 2024
Threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2023-22518 flaw in Atlassian servers to deploy a Linux variant of Cerber (aka C3RB3R) ransomware. At the end of October 2023, Atlassian warned of a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518 (CVSS score 9.1), that affects all versions of Confluence Data Center and Server. The vulnerability is an improper authorization issue that can lead to significant data loss if exploited by an unauthenticated attacker.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 22, 2024
Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 19, 2024
Domestic Teen Groups Demand 'Nip the Bud' and 'Alternative Pathways,' Experts Say Western law enforcement agencies are battling a rise in domestic ransomware attackers. Given the "significant" resources being poured into combating ransomware, signing up for a ransomware crew from your home in the U.S., Canada or the U.K. might seem foolhardy in the extreme.
Troy Hunt
APRIL 22, 2024
"More Data Breaches Than You Can Shake a Stick At" That seems like a reasonable summary and I suggest there are two main reasons for this observation. Firstly, there are simply loads of breaches happening and you know this already because, well, you read my stuff! Secondly, There are a couple of Twitter accounts in particular that are taking incidents that appear across a combination of a popular clear web hacking forum and various dark web ransomware websites and "raising them to th
IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 22, 2024
AI can be a force for good, but it might also lead to environmental and sustainability concerns. IBM is dedicated to the responsible development and deployment of this technology, which can enable our clients to meet their sustainability goals. “AI is an unbelievable opportunity to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges in health care, manufacturing, climate change and more,” said Christina Shim, IBM’s global head of Sustainability Software and an AI Ethics
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Security Affairs
APRIL 22, 2024
Russia-linked APT28 group used a previously unknown tool, dubbed GooseEgg, to exploit Windows Print Spooler service flaw. Microsoft reported that the Russia-linked APT28 group (aka “ Forest Blizzard ”, “ Fancybear ” or “ Strontium ” used a previously unknown tool, dubbed GooseEgg, to exploit the Windows Print Spooler flaw CVE-2022-38028. Since at least June 2020, and possibly earlier, the cyberespionage group has used the tool GooseEgg to exploit the CVE-2022-38028 vulnerability.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 23, 2024
Former senior White House cyber policy director A. J. Grotto talks about the economic incentives for companies to improve their security—in particular, Microsoft: Grotto told us Microsoft had to be “dragged kicking and screaming” to provide logging capabilities to the government by default, and given the fact the mega-corp banked around $20 billion in revenue from security services last year, the concession was minimal at best. […] “The government needs to focus on
Data Breach Today
APRIL 17, 2024
Experts See Surge in Attacks, Including in Russia, Using Leaked LockBit Code What do a German healthcare network, a Russian security company and an American bridal clothing retailer have in common? All seem to have been compromised in recent months by attackers who wielded LockBit crypto-locking malware - but who weren't tied to the actual LockBit operation.
KnowBe4
APRIL 23, 2024
New data shows phishing attacks are deviating from the traditional focus on technology and retail sectors and are opting for alternate brands with widespread appeal.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 22, 2024
This Earth Day, we are calling for action to conserve our scarcest resource: the planet. To drive real change, it’s crucial for individuals, industries, organizations and governments to work together, using data and technology to uncover new opportunities that will help advance sustainability initiatives across the globe. The world is behind on addressing climate change.
Security Affairs
APRIL 20, 2024
Threat actors exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability in the CrushFTP enterprise in targeted attacks, Crowdstrike experts warn. CrushFTP is a file transfer server software that enables secure and efficient file transfer capabilities. It supports various features such as FTP, SFTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, and WebDAV SSL protocols, allowing users to transfer files securely over different networks.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 18, 2024
Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 19, 2024
Threat Actor Exploited Ivanti Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Cyberattack A nation-state threat actor gained access into an unclassified research and development network operated by MITRE, a non-profit that oversees key federal funded research and development centers for the U.S. government, the organization confirmed on Friday.
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KnowBe4
APRIL 22, 2024
The results are in – based on a new survey of physicians about the aftermath of the attack on Change Healthcare– and devastating impact of the.
Jamf
APRIL 17, 2024
Learn how choosing the right partner for your security needs can veritably make or break your cybersecurity plan. Also, gain a better understanding of how Jamf solutions integrate to address the challenges of the modern threat landscape through Trusted Access for top-to-bottom and end-to-end protection of your enterprise.
Security Affairs
APRIL 19, 2024
The MITRE Corporation revealed that a nation-state actor compromised its systems in January 2024 by exploiting Ivanti VPN zero-days. In April 2024, MITRE disclosed a security breach in one of its research and prototyping networks. The security team at the organization promptly launched an investigation, logged out the threat actor, and engaged third-party forensics Incident Response teams to conduct independent analysis in collaboration with internal experts.
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